The Greek Poets
Homer to the Present
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The Greek Poets
With The Greek Poets, award-winning translator Peter Constantine and a team of renowned editors present a remarkable anthology of the greatest Greek poetry, exquisitely translated and assembled in a handsome volume sure to be a modern classic.
This landmark volume captures three millennia of Greek poetry—more than 1,000 poems and 200 poets in all. From the epics of Homeric Greece to the historical and erotic ironies of Cavafy; and from the romances, hymns and bawdy rhymes of Byzantium to the innovative voices of a resurgent 20th century, it brings together the diverse strands of the Greek poetic tradition. The favorites are all here—raging Achilles, restless Odysseus, strong-hearted Penelope—but The Greek Poets also presents neglected eras, from the rise of Constantinople to the end of the Ottoman occupation. In offering canonical poets such as Sappho and Pindar, and the modern Nobel laureates George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis, the editors give us a wealth of masterful new translations that bring the Greek tradition firmly into the modern age.
At once erudite, scholarly and remarkably relevant, The Greek Poets is an essential companion to the Western literary tradition.
Softcover : 704 pages
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. ( December 14, 2009 )
Item #: 12-855899
ISBN: 9781616645212
Product Dimensions: 6.125 x 9.25 x 1.66inches
Product Weight: 27.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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